Fast light solitons in resonant media

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Agarwal, G S ^a   Dey, T N ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; GAIN CONTROL; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS;

FAST SOLITON PAIR; RESONANT MEDIA; SCHRODINGER EQUATIONS; TRANSIENT DOMAIN;

SOLITONS;

EID: 34147125896     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.043806     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. L. V. Hau, S. E. Harris, Z. Dutton, and C. H. Behroozi, Nature (London) NATUAS 0028-0836 10.1038/17561 397, 594 (1999).
2. M. M. Kash, V. A. Sautenkov, A. S. Zibrov, L. Hollberg, G. R. Welch, M. D. Lukin, Y. Rostovtsev, E. S. Fry, and M. O. Scully, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.5229 82, 5229 (1999).
3. D. Budker, D. F. Kimball, S. M. Rochester, and V. V. Yashchuk, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.1767 83, 1767 (1999).
4. M. D. Stenner, D. J. Gauthier, and M. A. Neifeld, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.053902 94, 053902 (2005).
5. H. Kang, G. Hernandez, and Y. Zhu, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.073601 93, 073601 (2004).
6. A. V. Turukhin, V. S. Sudarshanam, M. S. Shahriar, J. A. Musser, B. S. Ham, and P. R. Hemmer, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88. 023602 88, 023602 (2002).
7. P. C. Ku, F. Sedgwick, C. J. Chang-Hasnain, P. Palinginis, T. Li, H. Wang, S. W. Chang, and S. L. Chuang, Opt. Lett. OPLEDP 0146-9592 10.1364/OL.29.002291 29, 2291 (2004).
8. M. S. Bigelow, N. N. Lepeshkin, and R. W. Boyd, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.113903 90, 113903 (2003);
9. E. Baldit, K. Bencheikh, P. Monnier, J. A. Levenson, and V. Rouget, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.143601 95, 143601 (2005);
10. P. Wu and D. V. G. L. N. Rao, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.253601 95, 253601 (2005);
11. Q. Yang, J. T. Seo, B. Tabibi, and H. Wang, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.063902 95, 063902 (2005).
12. G. S. Agarwal and T. N. Dey, Phys. Rev. A PLRAAN 1050-2947 10.1103/PhysRevA.68.063816 68, 063816 (2003);
13. G. S. Agarwal and T. N. Dey, Phys. Rev. A PLRAAN 1050-2947 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.043809 73, 043809 (2006).
14. S. Chu and S. Wong, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.48.738 48, 738 (1982);
15. L. J. Wang, A. Kuzmich, and A. Dogariu, Nature (London) NATUAS 0028-0836 10.1038/35018520 406, 277 (2000);
16. A. Dogariu, A. Kuzmich, and L. J. Wang, Phys. Rev. A PLRAAN 1050-2947 10.1103/PhysRevA.63.053806 63, 053806 (2001).
17. M. S. Bigelow, N. N. Lepeshkin, and R. W. Boyd, Science SCIEAS 0036-8075 10.1126/science.1084429 301, 200 (2003).
18. G. S. Agarwal and T. N. Dey, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.203901 92, 203901 (2004).
19. B. D. Clader, Q-Han Park, and J. H. Eberly, Opt. Lett. OPLEDP 0146-9592 10.1364/OL.31.002921 31, 2921 (2006);
20. B. D. Clader and J. H. Eberly, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B JOBPDE 0740-3224 24, 916 (2007).
21. S. L. McCall and E. L. Hahn, Phys. Rev. PHRVAO 0031-899X 10.1103/PhysRev.183.457 183, 82 (1969);
22. see also Solitons, edited by, R. K. Bullough, and, P. J. Caudrey, (Springer-Verlag, New York, 1980).
23. G. L. Lamb, Jr., Rev. Mod. Phys. RMPHAT 0034-6861 10.1103/RevModPhys.43. 99 43, 99 (1971).
24. G. M. Gehring, A. Schweinsberg, C. Barsi, N. Kostinski, and R. W. Boyd, Science SCIEAS 0036-8075 302, 895 (2006).
25. A. E. Kaplan and P. L. Shkolnikov, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.2316 75, 2316 (1995);
26. R. K. Bullough and F. Ahmad, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.27.330 27, 330 (1971).
27. This warrants generalization of the previous definitions of travel time [E. P. Wigner, Phys. Rev. PHRVAO 0031-899X 10.1103/PhysRev.98.145 98, 145 (1955);
28. J. Peatross, S. A. Glasgow, and M. Ware, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2370 84, 2370 (2000);
29. A. I. Talukder, T. Haruta, and M. Tomita, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.223901 94, 223901 (2005)]. For example, one is given by t r =tS (, t) dS (r, t) dt, where S (r, t) is the Poynting vector of the pulse.
30. A. Rahman and J. H. Eberly, Phys. Rev. A PLRAAN 1050-2947 10.1103/PhysRevA.58.R805 58, R805 (1998).
31. N. Tan-no, K. Yokoto, and H. Inaba, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.29.1211 29, 1211 (1972);
32. G. J. Salamo, H. M. Gibbs, and G. G. Churchill, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.33.273 33, 273 (1974).
33. G. S. Agarwal and J. H. Eberly, Phys. Rev. A PLRAAN 1050-2947 10.1103/PhysRevA.61.013404 61, 013404 (2000);
34. P. K. Panigrahi and G. S. Agarwal, Phys. Rev. A PLRAAN 1050-2947 10.1103/PhysRevA.67.033817 67, 033817 (2003).